High-Gain Antennas

Reflectarray Antenna

Description

✅ Now in orbit: Anywaves has successfully deployed the first-ever commercial Reflectarray antenna, marking a global premiere in Ka-band communications from small satellites.

🚀 Flight heritage: Proven in space and ready for your next mission — the Anywaves Reflectarray combines high gain, compact form factor, and deployment reliability.

Anywaves’ Reflectarray antenna is a cutting-edge solution designed for advanced communications from small satellites. Now flight-proven, it offers high gain, broadband performance, and compact stowage, making it ideal for missions where volume, mass, and performance must be carefully balanced.

This technology replicates the behavior of a parabolic reflector using a series of flat, foldable panels engineered to reflect and phase-control RF waves. Once deployed in orbit, the Reflectarray delivers excellent RF performance — from X- to Ka-band, and scalable toward Q/V bands — for both Earth-to-space links and inter-satellite connections.

Thanks to its robust passive deployment mechanism, the antenna unfolds in space with high mechanical reliability, ensuring structural rigidity and consistent performance even in the harshest orbital environments. Its design includes precision-guided folding systems, locking interfaces between central and lateral sections, and passive thermal control — all optimized for long-duration missions.

Originally selected by CNES for a pioneering development program and now deployed in orbit by Anywaves, the Reflectarray represents a major leap forward for exploration missions, scientific missions, and high-data-rate commercial services in LEO.

Please note that our reflectarrays are not a COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) product. They are custom-made upond demand, hence why we do not have a generic datasheet to provide.

For further information about our reflectarrays, we invite you to get in touch with us!

Custom design to your needs
High-gain radiation pattern
Plug-and-play baseplate with a compact stowed volume
Optional: LNB
Acceptance tests included
ITAR Free

Polarization

Dual-circular polarization

Realized gain

Up to 40 dB

TRL

Central Frequency

From X-band to Ka-band

Fractional Bandwidth

Up to 15%

Stowed dimensions

360x210x30 mm³

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Included services

Requirement Definition

At Anywaves, we specialize in delivering custom-made antennas tailored to meet your unique requirements. Our expertise allows us to understand your specific needs and translate them into antenna specifications. We work closely with you to identify key parameters such as frequency bands, gain, beamwidth, mechanical constraints, and environmental considerations. Our team of experienced engineers collaborates with you throughout the process, ensuring that the antenna design aligns precisely with your application’s demands. With our deep understanding of your needs and attention to detail, we guarantee antennas that deliver optimal performance and reliability for your specific use case.

Project Management

Our goal is to ensure a seamless and successful antenna development process. Our experienced spatial project managers are skilled in coordinating all aspects of your custom-made antenna project, from initial concept to final delivery. With meticulous planning, effective communication, and diligent resource allocation, we ensure that your spatial project stays on track through key milestones (PDR, CDR, TRR, TRB…). Our project management expertise enables us to navigate complex challenges, mitigate risks, and provide you with regular updates on project progress.

Technical Expertise

Our team of skilled engineers has extensive experience in antenna design and development, as well as in the space and defense industries. We leverage the latest tools and technologies to develop innovative antenna solutions that meet even the most complex challenges. With our technical expertise, we can optimize key parameters such as gain, bandwidth, radiation pattern, and impedance matching to deliver antennas that excel in your specific application. Moreover, we keep a pragmatic approach in mind and submit our antennas to an extensive testing process in order to mitigate the risks throughout the project.

Extensive Documentation

At Anywaves, we understand the importance of comprehensive and accurate documentation for your custom-made antenna projects. We make sure to create clear and concise documentation that covers all aspects of the antenna design, specifications, testing procedures, and installation guidelines. In addition to our standard EIDP package, we also deliver throughout the project all the design justification that you may need : RF, mechanical, thermal, radiation analyses ; test plan ; test reports… We make sure to deliver documentation that adds value to your project and guarantees that your antenna is compliant to your needs.